THIS familiar story appears in the form of Swiftfoot, Quickhand, and Sharpeye. It begins with the lamentation of a rich but childless wife, who is consoled by a pretty little girl,
2 This word would have no apparent meaning as a proper name;
2 When the five Pandavas, the heroes of the Maha-Bharata, were returning victorious from an expedition during which Arjuna had won the princess Draupadi in a contest with the bow, their mother, hearing them coming, but not knowing what had happened, cried out, “Share equally what you have brought.” Upon which it was arranged that she should become the joint wife of the five brother princes.